Fresh English: Getting some of our unit readings read

Monday, April 10, 2017

Getting some of our unit readings read

Goals: Reading the first two articles in our unit readings using the Say Something protocol.

Agenda:
Read
Review article #1
Read article #2
Debrief

Review Article #1:
Last week I shared a doc with you that had four articles for our extreme sports unit.
On Thursday you started reading the first article about the camp for students with autism (Article #1)
Finish reading that article.

Read article #2:
Use the Say Something protocol with your partner to read Article #2, Extreme Sports Not About Risk-taking.
As you read mark places in the article where you see examples of ethos, logos, and pathos.
It seems to work best if you highlight them in green, blue, and pink. Ethos, Logos, Pathos. (Those match the colors on our chart too.

Debrief:
Check in,
Check out books
Look ahead

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Gradebook Explained

My grade book is on Power School for you to view. There are some things you need to know.

If you have a blank score or missing score that is not bad. Often scores are left blank when I do not grade an assignment right away. Sometimes blanks mean a student was absent for an in class experience. The point is do not panic about blank or missing scores.

Zeros however, are a real problem. Students get zeros when they do not turn in an assignment that they should have done. Zeros usually appear after I have asked the student several times to get the work finished. Students can sometimes undo a zero by turning in the work late. Some assignments can be regraded. See the button at the top of the blog to request a re-grade.

Often I do not enter many assignments until the end of the grading period when projects we have been working on for a few weeks become due. I try to enter progress grades every few weeks into the "progress category." Note that the progress category is only 10% of the total grade. Low scores on progress grades indicates that a student needs to improve their work before the final project is due.

Grade categories are weighted as follows:

50% Writing & Speaking (Essays, some in class assessments, and speaking assignments.)

40% Reading & Listening (Book reviews and reading progress and some listening assessments.)

10% Progress (writing draft grades, turning in required paperwork, some formative assessments)

Student grades are based on meeting grade level standard proficiencies. This is not a points or numbers game. There is no extra credit, but there may be additional opportunities to show proficiency.

I hope this will resolve some confusion. Of course if you have questions about grades please e-mail me.

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Monday, April 10, 2017

Getting some of our unit readings read

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